Straits Times Overland Journal, 24 August 1878

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    26 1 r FoK {h H. M. JStkarmeu Peiho" The Straits Times I OVERLAND JOURNAL. I VOL. \L\. I2(). SINGAPORE, SATURDAY, AUGUST 2 A, 1878. Trick 40 Cents.
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  • Domestic Occurrence.
    • Obituary
      DEATH
      17 1 I At the 20tb July, 1878, Fran< i wife of Rudolph 7.\pr Es'j., formerly of Siugaj
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    Straits Times Overland Journal SATURDAY, AUGUST 24, 1878. LATEST MARKET QUOTATIONS.
    187 1 THE STRAITS TIMES SATURDAY, AUGUST 24, 1878. LATEST MARKET QUOTATIONS. I Singapore JIth August, 1878. (iambier 4.7V Blaok Pepper y t:,. White Pepper, v 13. Sago Flour, Sai :t 7<>. LW1 Sago I 25. Ooff n e, Bontyno... nominal. Tin 18.25. rii 92 :a Sbirtini 1 55. 7 do 1.1
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    Summary of the Week.
    1006 1 Tm hist issue of tin* Overland Straits Times, was dated Saturday the 17th instant, the P. and steamer Snrat, being despatched at I i. m. on that day with the last homeward mail. Two mail* irom home have arrived 'luring* the week. The P. and steamer
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    The Government Gazette, 16th Aug.
    185 1 The following" new notifications are condensed from yesterday's Gazette At a meeting 1 of the Executive Council on the sth August, it was ordered by the Governor in Council that, in consequence of cattle disease of a malignant type having broken out in the Dutch
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    Penang News.
    521 1 The following items a from the Pinontf Gazette of the 17th instant. Penalty Ajuizm. -The assize* wen open--1 on Thursday the 15th A-ugunt, by Mr. Justice Wood according to notice. The Calendar is a very long one. Up to date four r house breaking, receiving stolen goods, and
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      196 1 Per P. and O. btesmer China, 20tn Auj». F" re. From Southampton Mr. R. A. Ker, Dy Conuny F. J. Taylor and Miss Taylor. From Aden Mr. Verijad "2 From Bombay: 1 native. From Pe Mr. G. Lyttloton and aervaat, Mr. Shannon, Mr. W. Hole aud servants, winmiasary Saunders, and
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      15 1 Vigano, C. Fuudra, Iniberti, G Ragnoli, V. Bitti, C. Geroaa, G. Maiuer and Moriyacb« Anay.
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    Topics of the Day.
    2444 2 (from the Daily Times, 19/// August. I FENSIVE ALLIANCE BETWEEN GREAT BRITAIN AND TURKEY. The subject occupying most the attention of the English and Continental Press when the London mail of the 12th July left, was t lit* defensive and offensive alliance so quietly and quickly
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    "Article III
    751 2 Article III me present Convention hIi .11 t "d, and the ratifications thereof longed within the space of one '/u or sooner it p »asi!>le. In witness whereof the resn Plenipotentiaries have signed Hi .indbave ;i fflied thereto the seal of U* me at Cunstunti'mple. the f Ir ,i day
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    992 3 n cmisMn lame uumuers, and are said be doing well fro?n a worldly point of view, Soeotra kin the Indian Ocean, ah »ut iin miles north-east of Cape (iuardufui and 500 miles-east of Aden. It 7<» miles long, w ith an average hividt)' ot'tfteen miles, and may be said li
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    716 3 From the Daily Ti*U9 y 'l'la>l Amjust. The Axlkkd Project of ah Expkoition* to Bagdad. Annkxations and revelations, unexpected and supi-ising, seem to be the order of the day with the present lively Premier of England. The latest annexation to the British Empire is the island of Socotra as announced
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    The Supreme Court.
    689 3 The Supreme Cour t. From thf hn'ilij Times t 28rrf AngutL f Civil Wtingt.) Tiik first case tried at the present sittings of the Supreme Court was the long pending Insurance case arising out of the loss of the S. S. Minister Fan Stoat RocAuwh in January IS7<>, which occupied
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    Alleged Murder.
    1102 3 From fhe Daily Timei, \lth Augmt. An adjourned inquest was held oil the body of ;i male Chinese named Sol) Ah Hie, at the Coroner's Office, bv A. W Cousins Esq., H. M. Coroner, on the 15th instant. The following Jurors were ealle<) and an■wered to their names;
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    Dreadful Accident on board the S. S. "Elgin."
    1060 4 Dreadful Acc ident on board the S. S. "E lgin." From the Daily Times. 17/// August. Tut OAifa Mail of the sth August contain* the following account of a diradful accident resulting in the lo off four lives that occurred on board the j »S. S Elgin in Saigon ou
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    JAVA NEWS.
    1302 4 From the Daily Times, %\st Auyutl. {ViaHslated tor the Strait* Tunes.) ft is requested of our contemporaries that, in re\>ro<iu. ing these translations, their original appearance in tue btratts linus may be acknowledged.) M From the Governor of Acheen under be sth August, from head quarters at Lamb
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    MANILA NEWS.
    852 4 From the iiifh An (Trim slated for ike Strait.* Tim It is requested 01 mponuriet thai, m r ig these trauslatioi pixjarmce iu the S' y l»e aekn>\v!pi .-•> 1 "Auction. To the amount of 91,19-1 brought by the sale of the bull, carg >, and some stores
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    Entertainment in the Town Hall.
    783 5 Ent ertainment in the Town Hall. <» <>m the Daily Times, 19/// August. Mb. Dave nd his troupe ast this time by M. Henri Perrier and M Berger l>eplace gave an entertainment in the Town Hall theatre on Saturday evening. Mr. Carson's troupe figured in •'varieties" of all itriotic songs,
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    Penang News.
    1673 5 Penan g News. From the Daily Time*, VMk A*g**t. THE following items are taken from the Ptmang Standard of the 9th and l:>; August Murder hi Provnirr WeUesleij. —At li p. m. on the :Ust July, a Chinaman named Chin Ah Song rending at Balik Pulo, who is a padi
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    The New Eddystone Lighthouse.
    1273 5 The New Eddystone Lighth ouse. grow the Daily Vl*d Augmd. It is announced that the Trinity Board, after six weeks 1 :onsideration ded to build the pew Kddyst ue Lighthouse themselves, and uot under conti The estimate of the Board's eng was 90,000?. TJhere won' thr< the It, thai of
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    THE MICROPHONE.
    1400 6 From tk'e Time*, £\sf, nzt. The following- extract with regard to the several successful attempts made in the experiments of the Microphone, taken from the Norlk C/t>n<t Herald of the 27th July, may he of great interest !<• our residents here ii apparently incredible account* «.f p the
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  • Correspondence.
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      A QUERY.
      293 6 To the Editor of the Daily Times. SlB, It; has frequently given me pleasure to iiiid from the correspondence appearing in your paper, that, notwithstanding the practical and commercial tendency of our aspirations here, we have amongst us a fair share of literary and scientific knowledge to bring
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      The Pyramids and the Sun.
      690 6 The Pyra mi ds and the Sun. To the Editor of th, 1 1 Sit. -A strange th I j M \\w Daily Times of at least, did the writer the be, that ho thought it necessary to face it by a sort of apology I r its ap) ance
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      The Sun and the Pyramids.
      149 7 9 Ed< Daily Titm Sjr: I am much in .1. (J. V. lor the attention he ha> given to my qui tion regardii rays and the y remarks of required any aiiLion found in the C. 1 r ith .J that diagrams e reproduoed in
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      The Pyramids and the Sun.
      66 7 The Py ramids and the Sun. To Daily Tintps you will allow me information of your correspondent tl. 0. < that, according fr« I'iaz/.i Smith, the angle of int nation of the sides of the great Pyrad t utral vertical axis, is a little under ->'J deal id the latitude
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      Electric Light.
      143 7 To litorofthe Daily Tin Dear Sir. As a good deal has 1 1, in a »udence in your paper, about the 0 lamps now so largely in Pari>, and as I have lately ha hem, 1 should lik at I did not Hud them at all painful to
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      The Pyramids and the Sun.
      156 7 September, but 1 question if they would the iun as stated by Proctor, from the fact of no never being d ue east or west of the pyramid, and the latter's sides facing cardinal points of the heavens. I have no doubt that the sun
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    News of the Week. SATURDAY, 17th AUGUST.
    1034 7 News of the Week. SATURDAY, 17th AUGUST. Ox Lueftday last, the back of a large newly built Chinese house, in North Bridge Hoad fell, but, fortunately, no injury was done. The Hon'ble .John Douglas, m. <■„ leaves by to-day's mail for Gall<\ to fup the appointment of Colonial etary of
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    MONDAY, 19th AUGUST.
    605 7 of that Colony. Almost all the leadi of the dents present to bid th( able gentleman farewrll, a he vessel was leaving the dock, (1 weheers were given for our late Colo.il Secretary. Tiik P. &O. steamer Chi with the London mail of the l'*th July, left
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    TUESDAY, 20th AUGUST.
    563 7 Tiik British ship 'j«» George Siinpuou, which left Bomoa; on the iJSth ultimo, bound lor Oregou, passed through here on the 1-jUi, all well on board. H. M. S. Ula mo nd, Captain Bu*anquet, left the roads at «lavli_ en route, homeward, via tli Good Hope. She
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    WEDNESDAY, 21st AUGUST.
    1117 8 The death of Sergeant Mah Arriff, one of the oldest native Police Officers, is reported. The deceased had served the long term of 29 years in the force. The 2b* horses sold at Auction yesterday !,y Messrs. Powell Co. fetched an average of $124 each. Some of
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    THURSDAY, 22nd AUGUST.
    307 8 A complaint has been made to the police that a robberry has been committed from the Hokien temple in Teluk Aver Street It appears that Chinese coolies, with a cautious eye to the attentions of some of their own riuintivmen, are in the habit of placing their
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    FRIDAY, 23rd AUGUST.
    239 8 It will be noted that the M. M. Co's. steamer Situl/i, which arrived this morning with the London mail of the 26th July, still muiutains her reputation of I being one of the, if not the fastest boat "of the Company. She left Marseilles on the '2Sth
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    The Tanjong Pagar Dock Co. Limited.
    403 8 The following? is the rep-' u ted by the Directors I holders of the Tanjong I'aCompany, Limited, at the h mend meeting- called for Thurs next, the 29th instant Singapore, 21st August, I*7B. GCNTLKMBN, Your Directors ii.i n<«w the laying U^fo- he accounts for
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      1183 9 SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE arrftals. anihali— (Continued.) baturday, 17th August. mi i oo l a t X U |l n nh "R V" lUlei G1 >W BritiBh Madras' iJVrtons^hardson commander, "> n 3 S m r 7^ p °"f, Hon^kjmg IHh Augt.. consignees Paterson Simons Co. I n' P < ISI R
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